Cool!
I became a thespian last school year, and I've done two shows.
- Slugworth (Charlie and the Chocolate Factory)
- Harriman F. Spritzer (Hairspray)
I did speech and debate all 4 years of high school. I did Drama, Humor, Oratory, and Duet...not all at the same time. I usually doubled or tripled. But it was fun. I played a Can-Can dancer in
Paint Your Wagon when I was in 8th grade because it was 7-12th grades, and there are very few female roles in that and they went to the upper classmen, and a lot of girls played male roles, but I chose not to. Then I played Laura in
Ducktales and Bobbysocks my freshman year, Daisy Mae in
Li'l Abner my sophomore year, Christie in
Little Miss Christie my junior year, and Eliza Doolittle in
My Fair Lady my senior year. For plays, we did something about a ghost one year, but I don't remember what it was called...I know I played Sunny Skye in the Junior High production of
The Sky's the Limit. (I think that's what it was called.) And we did
Arcenic and Old lace one year....I think my Junior year? Maybe sophomore. But I was one of the little old ladies. And I played Emily in
Our Town one year...I think that might have been my freshman year, because there was an incident at play practice that affected the rest of my high school years. Yes, it had to be my freshman year, because it was the year we had a student teacher for Music, and he helped with the play. Then it must have been my junior year that we did the one about a Ghost, but I don't remember what it was. And then I skipped the play my senior year because it conflicted with a music festival for choir.
I was very fortunate in going to a small school where there wasn't a whole lot of competition for the larger roles. I got the lead in the musicals from freshman year on because I was the only one in my school to make All-State, until my Senior year, and then I was the upper classman, so I got the role. But that wouldn't have happened in a larger school. That was kind of my home...music and drama. I was never in the "in" crowd, but music and drama were where I could be myself and where I got to meet kids from other schools who were like me, and actually make friends. I didn't really like high school, except for my extracurriculars.
...oh, the humanity...!!!!!
I love it too!
, but 2 weeks ago it was basically snowing all day on Saturday. It didn't stick that time though.
